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Johannesburg - An Indian engineer who worked in South Africa
is being held in Australia after the murder of a student in a Brisbane hotel
room.

Beeld reported on Monday that Meenatchi Narayanan, 27, was
allegedly repeatedly stabbed by Senthill Kumar Arumugam, 31, two days after he
arrived in the country from South Africa.

He also allegedly tried to smother her with a pillow, before
slitting her throat.

Her family had once thought of Arumugam as “mild mannered
and good natured”. It is believed they were destined to be married in terms of
an agreement that had been pre-arranged by their respective families.

Arumugam told Queensland police his address was Rider
Haggard Avenue in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal. However, Beeld could find no one in
that street who knew of him.

He apparently met Narayanan, who was from Singapore, in
November last year, and flew to Brisbane to see her. They checked into a hotel
last Wednesday.

The manager later heard screams and saw blood coming from
underneath the door. Police broke down the door and found Arumugam next to the
body. He also had cuts to his body in an apparent attempt to kill himself and
was admitted to hospital.

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